espentan

@espentan@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is the enemy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree with anything you’re saying.

  What I wrote was based on my personal experience, managing engineers on product teams and how I approached the role as manager.

  We owned the products we developed and maintained and as a team we enjoyed great autonomy, and so we were spared customers/clients asking for the ridiculous, and I can probably count on one hand (ok, maybe two hands) the times we just had to do something because corporate said so.

  We always pushed for engineers’ involvement in product and feature development, planning/roadmaps, and they did indeed have great influence over the what and the how. Push back from engineers on products’ suggestions/ideas/plans were frequent, and attention was paid.

  This was for a company in Norway, where perhaps top down management isn’t as prevalent as in many other places, and employees are typically encouraged to speak up and get involved. Again, in my experience.

  I found that being there to support and assist my engineers, not micro managing them, gave great results in terms of team culture and work satisfaction. I made it clear that I would always have their backs as long as they didn’t intentionally fuck something up.

  I fully realize this isn’t the case everywhere, nor even typical.

  All said, I really enjoyed being a manager. On some level it triggered a father’s instincts in me, and I took great pride in looking after people and seeing what they were capable of building as a team.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is the enemy?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  As a former tech manager, I’d argue you’re a pretty shit manager if you tell your people how to solve a problem. Guide, inform, clarify, help remove obstacles etc. etc., but the solution is for the engineers to find.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you imagine what’s going through Zelensky’s and Macron’s minds… “I’m in the white house looking at nazi hats - I didn’t see this one coming when I decided to get into politics…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CUSTAAAAAAAARD⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s when sugar momma enters the kitchen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dead, alive… salmon are wise beyond their state. Maybe it knew who killed it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters — and Ukrainian infantry could really use it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No optics. /s

  Image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eye wash 👀⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not November just yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon describes their dream home⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll get the house, you the spaceship and we swap every other year or so?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Major earthquake rocks rooftop pool in Thailand⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Infinity and beyond pool.

  The wave pool is on the 60th - remember to wear your safety harness at all times while swimming!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk shares post that Hitler didn’t kill millions, public workers did. Union rages⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Aha! So you’re responsible for the brown spots on my lawn?! It’s alright, now that I know it was in good faith.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon hates Apple⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are good alternatives to both of those, and they’re free, and very customizable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨brains!⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  File Allocation Table?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Have I Got News For You… US! I meant news for us!”

  How yours truly read the title.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where does the music go?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like, to the next town over, or even further?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mhm. That said, only a few places around where I live have “coin operated” carts. I guess the places that do have them got tired of the selfish, inconsiderate sobs who didn’t return the carts.

  To me it feels so utterly strange to just dump a cart in the middle of a parking lot and, seemingly, think nothing of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses a phone book⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I first bought a phone as soon as the first GSM networks opened, in Norway, in 1993. My first phone was a Pioneer PCC-D700 and, if memory serves, it cost 2995 NOK / ~300 EUR.

  Before GSM became a thing, phones were crazy expensive, though. Almost as expensive as an iPhone, he.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fede Alvarez Wants to Co-Direct ‘Alien Vs. Predator' Movie with Dan Tratchenberg⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen that movie, and it was terrible.

  How about Alien vs. Batman, or Predator vs. Jackie Chan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, in the future, we’ll have rapid up/rapid down trees? With AI. Maybe they’ll get the ability to walk, too, so they can stand where they provide the most shade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disc market share for week ending in 2024-06-29: "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" makes a chilling entrance at 1st place, having no need to act Ungentlemanly.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Godzilla x Kong in second place is… puzzling. I couldn’t get through more than 10 minutes of that shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smooth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It makes up for it by having a brain shaped like a battleship gun battery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radio Caroline, Britain's pirate radio station broadcasting from sea, turns 60 years strong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re still on the air?! Wow… I read a lot about it (and Radio City) a couple of decades ago, as I was reading up on the Maunsell Forts. I had no idea they were broadcasting back then, so to learn they’re still on the air now is fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Euro bottles are so much better now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  On many bottles I’ve encountered the ring that keeps the cap attached to the bottleneck has been quite loose, so you rotate the cap up/left/right, thinking you’re good to pour, then as you get going the cap slips back down, ensuring you distribute whatever you were pouring all over the the table.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So which is it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Alternatively, just salad, just bowls, just wraps and just more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨totally tardigrades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was under the impression he is a gay fish?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dun dun dundun⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For my pain?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨turtles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Mhm, skilpadde.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Heat Pumps Are the Future, and How Your Home Could Use One⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just reading an article on heat pumps in Norway; in 2004, only 4% of households had a heat pump. In 2023 that number had risen to over 40%, which probably equates to almost all homes that aren’t apartments.

  Heat pumps have become very efficient, and as a bonus you get an airconditioner, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is based⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He, now his mom is telling everyone her son is addicted to crack cocaine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  UK harvesting the benefits of Brexit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shopping at Target⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Me neither, nor do I ever think I’ve been to a shoe store that keeps boxes of shoes on the shelves like that. I’m used to display models; find something you like, then you ask an assistant what sizes you’d like to try on.